Who's moving to and from Forrest County, Mississippi?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 4,669 people in, 4,729 out. Most were moving between Mississippi counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−60 people
−66 households
Arrivals' income
$46.3k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$47.9k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Forrest County went in Mississippi

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other Mississippi counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Harris County, TX, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 7 in 10 already lived in Mississippi. People, 2022–23.

  1. Lamar County1,363
  2. Jones County293
  3. Harrison County187
  4. Perry County145
  5. Covington County136
  6. Pearl River County102
  7. Marion County94
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)1,693

Where did people go?

About 7 in 10 who left stayed in Mississippi. People, 2022–23.

  1. Lamar County1,304
  2. Jones County311
  3. Harrison County256
  4. Perry County167
  5. Marion County103
  6. Jackson County95
  7. Covington County88
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)1,907

Some numbers are withheld

County flows may be withheld because of fewer than 20 returns or other IRS disclosure rules. We show these as —. It doesn't mean nobody moved.

Arrived from abroad
withheld
Left for abroad
withheld

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Forrest usually growing from moves?

No. More households have left than arrived every year since 2013–14.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−6622–23††‡†
Net migration of Forrest County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−384
2014–15 †−286
2015–16−309
2016–17 †−535
2017–18−408
2018–19 ‡−278
2019–20−300
2020–21−279
2021–22−70
2022–23 †−66

The IRS changed its processing in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23. Compare years between the dotted lines. ‡ County disclosure-method change in 2018–19: small counts began being deleted rather than reassigned to similar categories. County figures across this break may not be comparable.

Cite this page

Moved Where. “Who's moving to and from Forrest County, Mississippi?” movedwhere.com/county/forrest-county-ms. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.